March 5, 2008

My new Leopard Wrasse

I added a Leopard Wrasse to my tank on February 23rd. It was an impulse buy. He was so beautiful that I just could not pass him up. I understand that this fish is not an easy one to keep and a lot of people lose it to starvation. I am hoping that my other fish will help me train him to eat pellets, but so far he only eats live brine shrimp, live Tiggerpod (Tigriopus californicus) and frozen zooplankton (Hikari brand). He looks pretty healthy right now, even getting a little fatter.

When I put him in the tank, he looked really disoriented. It took him a couple of minutes to start swimming normal. Then when the light turned off, he got really spooked and tried to dive into the ground. In my panic I turned the light back on, but then he started banging into the glass surfaces. I quickly turned off the light again and he disappeared into the darkness.